Heritage Railway

  • The ‘Wansbeck Piper’: A 1960s steam tour

    The ‘Wansbeck Piper’: A 1960s steam tour

    Posted

    by

    Discover the Wansbeck Valley Railway in rural Northumberland, 57 years ago, on the ‘Wansbeck Piper’, the final train to travel over the route.

  • Betton Grange running at last!

    Betton Grange running at last!

    Posted

    by

    New-build GWR 4-6-0 No. 6880 Betton Grange ran for the first time when it was steamed in the yard at Tyseley locomotive Works on Thursday, April 11 – opening a new chapter in Great Western Railway history.

  • Issue 318

    Issue 318

    Posted

    by

    With Heritage Railway magazine, you can keep up to date with essential railway news, days out and lots more!

  • All aboard the Asparagus Express!

    All aboard the Asparagus Express!

    Posted

    by

    The British Asparagus Festival begins on St Georges Day with an aspara-tastic steam train journey on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway.

  • Betton Grange heads for Severn Valley – but only after the spring gala!

    Betton Grange heads for Severn Valley – but only after the spring gala!

    Posted

    by

    New-build GWR 4-6-0 No. 6880 Betton Grange – which, as reported in Heritage Railway issue 317 had been booked to feature in the Severn Valley Railway’s April 18-21 Spring Steam Gala – will no longer take part in the event, it has been announced.

  • MPs voice support for ‘The Jacobite’ service

    MPs voice support for ‘The Jacobite’ service

    Posted

    by

    MPs have asked Rail Minister Huw Merriman to help West Coast Railways (WCR) secure permission to run its ‘The Jacobite’ service. WCR has operated the heritage service for more than 30 years. For almost 20 of those years, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has granted it an exemption to operate with hinged-door carriages…

  • Wensleydale Railway to feature in TV documentary

    Wensleydale Railway to feature in TV documentary

    Posted

    by

    Wensleydale Railway will feature in the TV documentary series Great British Railway Journeys this Friday.

  • East Coast Freight Storm photo charter

    East Coast Freight Storm photo charter

    Posted

    by

    The Nene Valley Railway Wagon Group is offering a unique opportunity to join it for a photographic charter with A1 Class No 60163 Tornado.

  • Europe’s largest collection of historic rail vehicles assembled at Locomotion

    Europe’s largest collection of historic rail vehicles assembled at Locomotion

    Posted

    by

    Locomotion in Shildon, County Durham is to undertake the museum’s biggest ever rail shunt to create Europe’s largest undercover display of historic rail vehicles.

  • Issue 317

    Issue 317

    Posted

    by

    With Heritage Railway magazine, you can keep up to date with essential railway news, days out and lots more! You won’t want to miss issue number of Heritage Railway magazine.

Latest Issue

Newsletter Signup